Keepin up with Ketamine
The class of medication ketamine belongs to
What is anesthetic?
Normal resting heart rate range for adults
What is 60-100 bpm?
Spravato is the brand name for this medication
What is esketamine?
This is the largest organ in the human body
What is skin?
If Rana ever needed a ketamine infusion, it would be because of this issue she personally deals with
What is anxiety?
The typical number of infusions in a standard induction series
What is six?
The vein most commonly used for standard IV placement in the forearm
What is the cephalic vein?
Spravato is administered via this route
This language has the highest number of native speakers in the world
What is Mandarin Chinese?
The classic phrase Rana uses when patients are late, confused, or calling repeatedly
What is “No worries at all!”
Ketamine works primarily on this receptor in the brain
What is the NMDA receptor?
The universal pain scale runs from 0 to this number
What is ten?
What’s the name of the Spravato sales rep who trained us on the medication?
Who is Julie?
This is the only metal that is liquid at standard room temperature
What is mercury?
This is the unexpected item a patient once had to pee in because we didn’t have urinals available
What is a coffee cup?
One common short-term effect during infusion that patients often describe as “floaty”
What is dissociation?
This lab value measures average blood sugar over 3 months
What is A1C?
The 84 mg Spravato dose comes in this color packaging
What is purple?
This woman was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Who is Amelia Earhart?
These two things on the Vital Monitoring System are what patients complain about the most, because they had infusions before we got the Vital Monitoring System
What is the blue light and the beeping?
The two most common chronic pain conditions ketamine is clinically shown to help with
What is fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain?
The “O” in SOAP notes stands for this
What is objective?
The highest Spravato dose commonly used for depression treatment
What is 84 mg?
This is the smallest country in the world by land area
What is Vatican City?
Golden Hour’s last weekday appointment time
What is 8 pm?